Pipe-organ.



B. G. AUSTIN.

PIPE ORGAN. APPLICATION FILED "H29. 1916. A 1,1 97 ,25 1. Patented Sept. 5,1916.

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PIPE ORGAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1916.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

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BASIL G. AUSTIN, F HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO AUSTIN ORGAN COM- PANY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

PIPE-ORGAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Application filed May 29, 1916. Serial No. 100,501.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BASIL G. AUSTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe- Organs, of which the following is a speci the necessary pipe or pipes are mounted, and

a console, the latter in turn being furnished with the necessary manual or manuals, pedals and other adjuncts ordinarily carried by the console. This console has two 0- sitions, a normal and a shifted position, being preferably adapted when in normal position to set in an opening in the front of the organ case to thus cover a man-hole or doorway in the opening. The console can be moved out of the opening in question, so that the doorway or man-hole can be reached, the latter providing a means for getting into the organ case.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification there is shown in detail one advantageous form of embodiment of the invention which will be set forth fully in the following description. The invention, however, is not limit ed to this particular disclosure for variations therefrom can be adopted within the scope of the invention set forth in the claims following said description.

Referring to said drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of an organ involvin the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional plan view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The organ comprises in its construction a case such as that denoted in a general way by 2. This case contains the usual organ action and other aocewories found in pipe organs. On the front of the case are mounted pipes 3, of which there may be any desired number or style. As a part of the organ is a console such as that denoted in a general Way by 4. This console may be provided with one or more manuals, it being shown as equipped with three, each designated by 5. In addition to the manuals the console may have one or more pedals as 6. There is shown located above the pedals 6 a pedal 7 adapted through suitable connections to operate shown) as will be hereinafter more particularly set forth. The swell shutter operating pedal 7 as usual is pivotally mounted between its ends for swinging movement, the console 4 having within it suitable bearlugs to carry the said pedal 7 as common.

In the front of the case 3 is an opening 8. As has already been observed the console has two positions. In Fig. 2 it is shown as occupying its normal position by full lines, its inner side at such time being received within the opening 8. The console maybe moved to the dotted line position in said ,Fig. 2 or to any intermediate point sufficiently to permit free entrance into said opening either of a person or in some cases a necessary implement. The back wall of the opening 8 has a man-hole or doorway 9 normally closed by the door 10. When this door is open and when the console is moved forward as shown b dotted lines in both Figs. 2 and 3, it will be clear that the organ case 2 can be entered by way of said man-hole 9. When the necessary repairs have been made in the organ case, and when the operator has withdrawn therefrom, the door 10 will be closed and the console moved back to its normal position.

There extends into the chamber 8 the shaft 11. This shaft is operatively connected by means not shown, with the swell shutter or shutters. It is shown having a crank 12 adapted for detachable connection with the crank 13 of the pedal. The back of the console 1 is slotted as at 14 for the passage of the crank arm 13. It will be clear that when the console 4 is in operative position the cranks 12 and 13 are connected. To move the console forward in the manner set forth, the crank arm 12 will be disconnected from the crank arm 13 as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, at which point said console can be moved to obtain access into the organ case 2. When the swell shutters (not provision has necessary office has been accomplished in the case, and when the console has been returned to its normal position, the crank 12 will be connected to the crank 13. In the construction shown the swell shutter or shutters are mechanically operated and therefore to be made for disconnecting the pedal 7 or its equivalent from some other element in the train of shutter operating means. The control of the pedals 6 and the action b the keys is electrical. Wires are, therefore, usedin the latter event, so that the only thing necessa when the console is moved forward as set forth is to disconnect the shutter-operating pedal.

What I claim is: 1. A pipe organ comprising a case having a. man-hole to obtain entrance into the case, and a console adapted when in operative position to cover said man-hole and movable forwardly to provide access to the manhole.

2. A pipe organ comprising a case having an opening in its front, and a console fitted normally in said opening and movable entirely out of the same, the back wall of the opening having a man-hole.

3. A pipe organ comprising a case having an opening in its front, the rear wall of the opening having a man-hole provided with a door, a console adapted when in oper- 

